Tensas Parish
A public school district in St. Joseph, Louisiana, with 2 operational schools in 2024–25.
The district in 2024–25
- 301
- Students enrolled
- 29
- Teachers, full-time equivalent
- Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
- 60.9
- All staff, full-time equivalent
- $23,098
- Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
- Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.
How this compares
- Students enrolled: 301 in 2024–25
- Ranks 13,385th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 163rd of 189 in Louisiana. Larger than 24% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
- Current spending per pupil: $23,098 in fiscal year 2023
- More than 82% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.
Spending and revenue
Tensas Parish spent $23,098 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $10,394 in fiscal year 2005
Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards
The figures behind this chart
| Fiscal year | Spending per pupil | Current expenditure | Membership |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | $23,098 | $8.0 million | 347 |
| FY2022 | $24,720 | $8.2 million | 332 |
| FY2021 | $20,569 | $7.1 million | 346 |
| FY2020 | $18,059 | $7.1 million | 391 |
| FY2019 | $17,022 | $7.6 million | 449 |
| FY2018 | $15,983 | $8.4 million | 523 |
| FY2017 | $14,635 | $8.7 million | 592 |
| FY2016 | $14,695 | $8.9 million | 604 |
| FY2015 | $14,072 | $9.0 million | 643 |
| FY2014 | $13,871 | $9.2 million | 660 |
| FY2013 | $13,306 | $9.0 million | 680 |
| FY2012 | $13,655 | $9.7 million | 707 |
| FY2011 | $14,142 | $9.6 million | 676 |
| FY2010 | $14,021 | $10.0 million | 713 |
| FY2009 | $12,885 | $9.6 million | 745 |
| FY2008 | $12,778 | $9.7 million | 757 |
| FY2007 | $10,941 | $8.9 million | 812 |
| FY2006 | $10,653 | $9.3 million | 872 |
| FY2005 | $10,394 | $9.3 million | 894 |
Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023
| Source | Revenue | Share of total |
|---|---|---|
| Federal | $3.7 million | 38.0% |
| State | $2.3 million | 23.9% |
| Local | $3.7 million | 38.1% |
| Total | $9.7 million |
Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.
The district’s schools
2 operational schools, A to Z.
2 more columns on a wider screen
| School | Students |
|---|---|
| Tensas Elementary School | 154 |
| Tensas High School | 147 |
The district’s entry
- Status
- Open
- Type
- Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
- Charter status
- Not a charter district
- Grades
- Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
- NCES district ID
- 2201710
Elsewhere
- Public schools in Louisiana — enrollment, teachers and spending across the state, against the nation.
- Every school district in Louisiana — A to Z, each with its page.
- Louisiana on the American Factbook — the state’s entry, across every hub.
Sources
- Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25 — National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024–25.
- School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal years 2005 to 2023
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (CCD), "School District Finance Survey (F-33)," fiscal years 2005 to 2023.
Data retrieved